Check-In Post June 21st 2024

[badly_knitted]

Hello to all members, passers-by, curious onlookers, and shy lurkers, and welcome to our regular daily check-in post. Just leave a comment below to let us know how your current projects are progressing, or even if they're not.

Checking in is NOT compulsory, check in as often or as seldom as you want, this community isn't about pressure it's about encouragement, motivation, and support. Crafting is meant to be fun, and what's more fun than sharing achievements and seeing the wonderful things everyone else is creating?

There may also occasionally be questions, but again you don't have to answer them, they're just a way of getting to know each other a bit better.


This Week's Question: Do you like to finish one project at a time or do you prefer having several on the go?


If anyone has any questions of their own about the community, or suggestions for tags, questions to be asked on the check-in posts, or if anyone is interested in playing check-in host for a week here on the community, which would entail putting up the daily check-in posts and responding to comments, go to the Questions & Suggestions post and leave a comment.

I now declare this Check-In OPEN!

Comments

[badly_knitted]

I did manage to finish my sheepdog puppy last night AND start the next sheep. Just as well, because I spent some time this morning and a couple of hours this afternoon working in the garden. I made noticeable progress, even though it's only one small part of the garden, and I'm hoping to make more progress tomorrow, if the weather continues to be kind. The house is starting to feel less cold, which is also good.


I also managed to fit in about 90 minutes cross stitching after I came back indoors. Once again, I have a headless sheep, but I hope I can finish this one while watching TV. That will leave me with just four more to stitch.

[wiseheart]

Well, as long as a sheep is headless, one can't see that it's demented, right? *g*

[badly_knitted]

True. Of course, by now it DOES have a head, so... ;)

[wiseheart]

That could make all the difference... *nods sagely*

[badly_knitted]

I'm not sure if having a head makes sheep smarter or not though...

[spiralicious]

You're just making progress everywhere. That is wonderful!

[badly_knitted]

Exhausting though, and I might not have much time today for cross stitch, but when the rains return I'll be doing that more than gardening so I guess it balances out.

[spiralicious]

Indeed

[wiseheart]

Yay, I've finished my songbook! Only took me a year or so. The pictures can be seen here. Alas, Pinterest can't deal with such wide ones and cut off the outer edges, but you can still see what the individual pages are like.

[badly_knitted]

Congratulations on finishing it! The end result is worth the effort you put in.

[wiseheart]

Thank you. I enjoyed working on it - save the binding part.

[fred_mouse]

Those are great pics! Looks like an enormous amount of work.

[wiseheart]

Thanks. :) Yes, it was a lot of work and hard on the fingers, but also great fun.

[spiralicious]

Congratulations! *all the confetti*

[wiseheart]

Thank you so much! :)

[fred_mouse]

I have found two small balls of yarn that can be used to finish the crochet blanket I accidentally found myself playing yarn chicken on. I've added about 20 stitches, but that is more than zero, so I'm taking the win.

I've also identified a few balls of yarn I'm not going to use, and passed those to someone who can rehome them.

[wiseheart]

DW ate my comment. Not nice! Finding useful things is nice, though.

[fred_mouse]

Bad DW, no cookie. So very glad I had some yarn left in the right colours!

[spiralicious]

Well done!

[fred_mouse]

<3

[badly_knitted]

Yay, glad you found some yarn to finish the blanket, and well done for rehoming some unwanted yarn!


20 stitches is still progress. You were busy with other things.

[fred_mouse]

I have to remind myself that little bits of progress are what gets the project done, because I can't go all in and just finish.

[badly_knitted]

Yes, slow and steady gets you there in the end, and usually with fewer mistakes. Trying to rush crafting is seldom a good idea.

[fred_mouse]

Too true!

[malurette]

I put a novelty button on a second labcoat--man I'm going to be fabulous at work~

[spiralicious]

Excellent! You shall be the most fabulous indeed!

[badly_knitted]

Awesome! Novelty buttons are fun.

[fred_mouse]

Nice!

[spiralicious]

No crafting today. Just lots of chores and errands and stuffy mildly uncomfortable heat, oh, and work.

On the fun side, my time here at Charlie & Mimi's playhouse has been extended.

I was briefly home to get some supplies. I did not see the knitting kit. I did see what looked like one of those plastic zippered bags bedding comes in sometimes full of yarn balls in various shades of off white.

My mother picked up a chair from where I work that needs repairs made to the wood and reupholstered. I am wondering how long until I get pulled into helping with that.

[badly_knitted]

Ugh, heat and chores, but yay getting to cat-sit a bit longer!

Hmmm, wonder if that's the kit... Bit of a boring colour palette, but still...

Not long, probably. Mothers like to volunteer us for helping with things.

[wiseheart]

Mothers like to volunteer us for helping with things.

Ain't that the truth!

[spiralicious]

Yes, I miss those little fluff balls.

It could be. I have been home a month now, and I still have not seen this mysterious kit. I need to ask about it.

So very true! Knock wood, it hasn't happened yet.

[badly_knitted]

I hope you find out about the kit soon, and avoid getting voluntold.

[illariy]

As I said in the previous check-in post before this one was open, yesterday I shopped for stationery and envelope decoration supplies. None of which I need but I can't wait to use then in my penpal letters!

Later on Friday, I did manage to start and finish a letter and thus used up one of my envelopes. Yay!

Now I really need to stop buying penpalling supplies, though. I am running out of space!

I'm currently looking for a pattern to get back into crochet or knitting and then the yarn to go with it. With this new-ish hobby I really have to stay disciplined and only buy supplies as I need them. That us gonna be a challenge! Let me know if you have any tips for that :-)

[badly_knitted]

Glad you found time to write a letter!

The only advice I can give is to write a list of exactly what you need for your project and stick to it, buying only what is on the list. It takes discipline, and most of us fail utterly, because all those pretties are way too tempting, lol! Good luck!

[wiseheart]

I really need to stop buying penpalling supplies, though. I am running out of space!

You should. But you won't. That's called being a crafter, and a crafter can *never* have enough supplies. ;))